A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope, says a marine animal rescue charity. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said it was alerted to the incident off the ...

A whale is trapped in a ship's mooring lines just off the coast of Skye. The mammal became lodged in the anchor line of an ...

So, what would cause a country to ban a fish? Click here to find out why the beluga sturgeon is banned in the U.S.

In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew very little about the secret sex lives of the world's largest fish ...

Sharks are a group of fish with skeletons made from cartilage instead of bone. There are more than 500 species of shark found across the world, and they range in size from centimetres long to ocean ...

Whale sharks are the gentle giants of the oceans that roam over long distances in search of food and a new study details how ...

Orcas, also called killer whales, are apex predators of the ocean. Their intelligence, hunting skills, and sheer power make ...

Researchers for the first time captured video footage of a humpback whale foraging and “snacking” on fish that escaped capture from a fishing fleet. The footage was released in the online ...

The preservation of this natural estuary does more than protect the whales; it also protects crucial nursery habitats for fish and invertebrates. In the mid-1990s Mitsubishi tried to build a ...

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right ...

A surge in humpback whale sightings reported across the English Channel over the last month has whale watchers puzzled. The ...